Barn Survey
The Alliance believes that a survey of Kansas barns is needed to determine what still exists, what is significant and what is worthy of preservation efforts. It is one of our major projects and one that will take a number of years even with the help of many people.We support and will work closely with the Kansas State Historical Society's Historic Preservation Office and their consultants, Brenda Spencer and Christy Davis, as they undertake their Kansas Barn Project. You can learn more about this in Current News.
We seek local organizations or groups of individuals we can work with to undertake the task of surveying barns in their community. We are interested in working with 4-H clubs, Future Farmers, Scouts and similar youth organizations. We would like them to partner with local Historial Societies and Libraries in this effort. If you are interested in learning more about such a project, please Contact Us.
Barn surveys have been carried out locally, by statewide preservation organizations and by State Historic Preservation Offices. Ideally, the data from these surveys should have the same uniformity that has been developed for other historic building surveys over the last 40 years. The NBA and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have developed a survey form and instructions that will enable data to be entered into a national database.
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